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In the fall of 2025, I was contacted by Arturo in Puerto Rico who found my bike in the garbage! He saved my frame set from being discarded and used the serial number to call me and let me know he found it! vertaald uit het Engels
A bike shop in Philly recovered it! vertaald uit het Engels
The serial number was searched from a bike shop in Henderson Nevada and shipped back to me. Swanys Cycles is a phenomenal bike shop and Bike Index led them to me! vertaald uit het Engels
A person bought it on facebook market place and looked at the Serial number on this website and called me. vertaald uit het Engels
Someone left my bike on a Seattle Metro bus so it was collected by Seattle Metro. They eventually gave it to Bike Works, in Seattle, who contacted Bike Index with my Serial Number. Bike Works confirmed my ownership and I went to their shop and picked it up. Thanks everyone!! vertaald uit het Engels
Thanks to the watchful Bike Index community and local police, I got my bike back from marketplace! vertaald uit het Engels
Police detective worked with me to get the bike back! vertaald uit het Engels
Bought it from someone who saw the frame for sale in Washington, being parted out, knew it was a custom frame and contacted me with information found on Bike Index. vertaald uit het Engels
Someone bought my bike off of Facebook and checked the serial number on Bike Index to see if it was stolen! They sent me a text, we met up, and I got my bike back! I was even able to get back all my add-ons! vertaald uit het Engels
Found on Facebook Marketplace 4 years after being stolen. Called non-emergency and gave full details including sticker placement. Cst. called 40 minutes after my initial call to get more info. He called again 45 minutes later to ask if I was home to receive the bike vertaald uit het Engels
A bike recovery person reached out to say they’d seen it on FB Marketplace and we tried to set up a visit with the person who posted it. We didn’t get there fast enough BUT a guy bought it and reached out to his bike community thinking it might be stolen. vertaald uit het Engels
Calgary police contacted me after matching the bike description on Bike Index with a bike they recovered. Thank you vertaald uit het Engels
Thanks BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index! vertaald uit het Engels
Thanks BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index! vertaald uit het Engels
Thanks BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index! vertaald uit het Engels
Thanks BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index! vertaald uit het Engels
Edmonton police recovered and charged individual who had it. vertaald uit het Engels
Police contacted me through viewing my submission in bike index! vertaald uit het Engels
Someone bought the bike off of facebook marketplace and thought it seemed fishy. Looked it up on bike index and found my phone number. They gave me a call and they gave me back my bike. vertaald uit het Engels
The police impounded it from the thief and found me on Bike Index! vertaald uit het Engels
A buyer bought it at some flea market. They had it for couple months then tried to sell it over the holidays. The buyer looked on bike index and notified seller it was a stolen bike. The seller reached out to us through information we listed on bike index. vertaald uit het Engels
Someone bought the bike. Used ChatGPT to ask how to identify a stolen bike after realzing the massive discount they got on the bike. The person then contacted me to give the bike back! Thank you Bike Index!!! vertaald uit het Engels
Someone saw the listing on Bike Index and called us, they said the bike was strapped to the bed of his truck when he picked his truck from impound lot. He saw the listing on Bike Index and called us. He later called us and dropped it back off to us. vertaald uit het Engels
Tre police found it a few blocks away from its taken location with a group of people loitering. They then ran the serial and called me and returned my bike back to me immediately. They handcuffed it to the grill of their car and drove it to my house. They were awsome! vertaald uit het Engels
A woman from bike index, helped recover this bike for me. She found a person trying to sell this bike on facebook marketplace and coordinated the recovery. vertaald uit het Engels
Miraculously recovered by awesome nonprofit community at Yoga on Yamhill, despite not even having a serial number! Thank you Bike Index! vertaald uit het Engels
Someone spotted it and reported it to Bike Portland. Bike Portland posted the photo to social media and an employee at Splendid Cycles, where I bought it, called me about the post. I notified the police who recovered it. vertaald uit het Engels
A friend noticed a Thule Chariot sitting in the snow in front of the Burlington Bagel Cafe on North Avenue and mentioned it. I went to check it out and confirmed it was ours and recovered it! vertaald uit het Engels
A Good Samaritan found it at the PCC and saw it was stolen on bike index. They took it home for safe keeping and called us to retrieve!! vertaald uit het Engels
Police recovered it. They found me through Bike Index! vertaald uit het Engels
I was alerted by a fellow cyclist who saw the bike listed on Facebook marketplace and confirmed it was stolen via bike index! vertaald uit het Engels
Edmonton Police found the bike! vertaald uit het Engels
Police Officer witnessed person on bicycle riding away on bicycle while holding my bicycle in tow. My bicycle was dropped during police pursuit and entered into evidence. The officer reached out via Bike Index alerting me bicycle had been recovered. vertaald uit het Engels
Thank you. The person who reported it found in August, and had it listed on Facebook Marketplace. Edmonton Police contacted me and returned it to my daughter today. Thank you BikeIndex, the person who found it, and EPS. All three were all very helpful. vertaald uit het Engels
A guy called out of the blue and had checked a bike and traced the serial number to me through Bike Index. Super cool that the guy did the right thing. He got all info from Bike Index! Really grateful for the good people fixing bad people's actions and for BIKE INDEX!! vertaald uit het Engels
Police department found it and contacted me! vertaald uit het Engels
The bike was brought to a pawn shop but abandoned outside when the shop owner advised the person it was stolen - the shop owner then called the police. Registering the bike was the reason it was recovered! Thanks to EPS and BikeIndex for this program. vertaald uit het Engels
Someone texted me, was four blocks away from where it was taken. Person holding it claimed they bought it off of someone. Bike is pretty beat up and some accessories are missing but we got it back with the help of PPD and bike index! vertaald uit het Engels
PPB Officer R. Wilson/Wolfson found my bike at BioClean using Bike Index registry! vertaald uit het Engels
Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!! vertaald uit het Engels
Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!! vertaald uit het Engels
Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!! vertaald uit het Engels
Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!! vertaald uit het Engels
Working together with bike index and the Edmonton city police, they recovered the bike when the thief tried to pawn it, bike index was notified by the pawnshop, and the city police recovered it. The thief tried to register a couple times, bike index is amazing! vertaald uit het Engels
The bike was given to a bike shop in Toronto, the shop owner contacted me through bike index! vertaald uit het Engels
Police found it, and contacted me after looking it up on bike index! vertaald uit het Engels
Officer Jay of Seattle PD contacted me and said that he had seen a person riding it in downtown. After recognizing it from my Bike Index post, he confiscated it and had it at the West Precinct. Tracy of SABRE helped by facilitating contact between myself and Officer Jay. vertaald uit het Engels
A user reached out after seeing the bike on Facebook marketplace and notified me. I contacted the Calgary Police and they were able to setup a meet up with the "seller" and verified that it was my bike from serial number. vertaald uit het Engels
Recovered by Glendale, AZ police in Sept 2025 and returned to me. Bike was damaged during an attempt to flee from Glendale Police. Lectric graciously took the bike from me and performed all necessary repairs for a fraction of the price. vertaald uit het Engels
A neighbor saw the bike and looked it up on Bike Index!! vertaald uit het Engels